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A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath

I rather like this idea.
Though, if they were to succeed, what would they do with it?

"For years, Anheuser Busch InBev has been snapping up beloved craft breweries: Chicago's Goose Island in 2011, Seattle's Elysian and Redhook in 2015, and Colorado's own Breckenridge Brewery the same year.

Never before have things gone the other way. Until now. The Boulder-based Brewers Association launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy the world's largest beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev for $213 billion dollars.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 32 hours after launch, $1.9 million had been pledged by more than 5,900 craft fanatics...."

Re: A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath

Originally Posted by LarsMac

I rather like this idea.
Though, if they were to succeed, what would they do with it?

"For years, Anheuser Busch InBev has been snapping up beloved craft breweries: Chicago's Goose Island in 2011, Seattle's Elysian and Redhook in 2015, and Colorado's own Breckenridge Brewery the same year.

Never before have things gone the other way. Until now. The Boulder-based Brewers Association launched a crowdfunding campaign to buy the world's largest beer maker Anheuser-Busch InBev for $213 billion dollars.

As of Tuesday afternoon, 32 hours after launch, $1.9 million had been pledged by more than 5,900 craft fanatics...."

Re: A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath

We could work out how feasible it is, I expect others have done the same sum.

It's an American thing, nobody but an American is going to join in.

There's 200 million adult Americans who are not teetotal - bear with my made up facts, they're close-enough estimates to get the sum done.

20 million of them care what their drink tastes like and have a bank account. That's the maximum number who might contribute if the ball starts rolling.

A 50% share in Anheuser-Busch InBev would cost them 213bn /2 /20m = 5320 dollars each. That's more than each of them spends on Christmas presents annually.

So no, it can't be done. They'd need to each pledge $500 a year for ten years and that's not practical.

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Re: A new approach - David wants to buy Goliath

Another consideration is that, if they continue attracting funds at their present rate of $1.9m every 32 hours, they'll have enough to buy half the shares in 205 years. That doesn't offer ground for optimism.

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The watch of your vision has become reasonable today.It’s normal. You must provoke. You must insult the belief of all monotheists. You must make fun of the belief of all monotheists.From the upper tier of the Leppings Lane End of the Hillsborough Stadium, I watched the events of that day unfold with horror.When the flowers want to oxygen and nutrition, or you’re a wedding or party planner, I will help you too much.Write that word in the blood